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TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1994

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THE LANTAU TAXIS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A 12.5 PER CENT FARE INCREASE EFFECTIVE FROM FEBRUARY 16. THE FLAGFALL CHARGE WILL GO UP FROM $8 TO $9 FOR THE FIRST TWO KILOMETRES. THE SUBSEQUENT INCREMENTAL CHARGE WILL INCREASE FROM 80 CENTS TO 90 CENTS FOR EVERY 0.2 KILOMETRE.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE TRAM FARE INCREASE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE ESTIMATED 40 PER CENT RISE IN INFLATION RATE SINCE THE LAST FARE REVISION IN AUGUST 1990.

"THE LOW RATE OF INCREASE HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE COMPANY'S SUCCESS IN INTRODUCING A NUMBER OF COST-SAVING MEASURES

то KREP THE RISE IN OPERATING COSTS DOWN TO 15 PER CENT DURING THIS PERIOD," HE SAID.

THE HONGKONG TRAMWAYS HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMME UNDER WHICH ALL TRAMS HAVE BEEN REBODIED AND WOODEN SEATS ON THE UPPER-DECK WERE REPLACED BY MORE COMFORTABLE MOULDED PLASTIC ONES.

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THE COMPANY HAS ALSO COMMENCED A PROGRAMME TO REDECORATE SHELTERS, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED WITH SHIELDS AGAINST BAD WEATHER.

FOR LANTAU TAXIS, THE APPROVED RATE OF INCREASE IS IN LINE WITH THE RISE IN INFLATION RATE SINCE THE LAST FARE REVISION IN NOVEMBER 1992.

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DETERMINING THE RATE OF INCREASE, CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE TRADE, THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE, FARE DIFFERENTIAL WITH OTHER MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC ACCEPTABILITY.

THE PRESENT AND NEW FARE SCALES FOR LANTAU TAXIS ARE:

EXISTING FARES NEW FARES

FLAGFALL FOR THE FIRST TWO KILOMETRES

8.00

9.00

FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT 0.2 KILOMETRE

0.80

0.90

WAITING TIME CHARGE FOR EVERY

ONE MINUTE

0.80

0.90

ADDITIONAL FARE FOR EACH ARTICLE

3.00

4.00

OF BAGGAGE, ANIMAL OR BIRD

ADDITIONAL FARE FOR EVERY HIRING

3.00

5.00

ARRANGED THROUGH TELEPHONE BOOKING

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